Idiom
make it up as one goes along
Meaning
To improvise continuously.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I forgot my speech, so I made it up as I went along.”
“The project plan was unclear, so the team had to make it up as they went along to finish on time.”
“Without a formal script or rehearsal, the actors made it up as they went along, creating a surprisingly compelling performance for the audience.”
Examples
simple
“I forgot my speech, so I made it up as I went along.”
contextual
“The project plan was unclear, so the team had to make it up as they went along to finish on time.”
complex
“Without a formal script or rehearsal, the actors made it up as they went along, creating a surprisingly compelling performance for the audience.”
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